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johanna9813 wrote:
Alright, some background:
-I'm deadly afraid of conflicts which is why this is so hard
I've been an extra family/dog sitter for a dog (Balto) during the summer (for free). When we first started the agreement the owner wanted a long relationship which I said wasn't a problem because I'll be studying online during the fall and possibly the spring. We have since started developing a relationship, she sends me pictures of Balto every now and then and tells me stuff that he's been up to.
Due to our summer schedules colliding I haven't spent suuuper much time with him, but I still really really like him. However, I have had a lot of anxiety for a time in regards of taking care of him so I feel that I won't be able to keep this up.
Since I can't really explain why I'm getting anxious I want to come up with some other excuse but I don't want it to be lame or cheap and I really don't want to dissapoint the owner. These are the options I have come up with but I feel that they're all very vague
1. My life situation has changed and I can't take care of him the way I thought I would (job? illness?)
2. Although I've tried I feel that I can't make the time that Balto deserves in my schedule which is unfair to both the owner and Balto.
3. I just found out animals aren't allowed in my apartment building
4. My new boyfriend is super scared of dogs (it's an allergy friendly dog, otherwise I would have gone with that).
I could also just explain that I have anxiety but I feel that it's a pretty strange excuse to just be like "Yo, I have anxiety, don't know why but probs because of your dog, so that's that". Also he's a trained therapy dog...Â
What y'all think I should do?? This has been bugging me for weeks now 3
Alright, some background:
-I'm deadly afraid of conflicts which is why this is so hard
I've been an extra family/dog sitter for a dog (Balto) during the summer (for free). When we first started the agreement the owner wanted a long relationship which I said wasn't a problem because I'll be studying online during the fall and possibly the spring. We have since started developing a relationship, she sends me pictures of Balto every now and then and tells me stuff that he's been up to.
Due to our summer schedules colliding I haven't spent suuuper much time with him, but I still really really like him. However, I have had a lot of anxiety for a time in regards of taking care of him so I feel that I won't be able to keep this up.
Since I can't really explain why I'm getting anxious I want to come up with some other excuse but I don't want it to be lame or cheap and I really don't want to dissapoint the owner. These are the options I have come up with but I feel that they're all very vague
1. My life situation has changed and I can't take care of him the way I thought I would (job? illness?)
2. Although I've tried I feel that I can't make the time that Balto deserves in my schedule which is unfair to both the owner and Balto.
3. I just found out animals aren't allowed in my apartment building
4. My new boyfriend is super scared of dogs (it's an allergy friendly dog, otherwise I would have gone with that).
I could also just explain that I have anxiety but I feel that it's a pretty strange excuse to just be like "Yo, I have anxiety, don't know why but probs because of your dog, so that's that". Also he's a trained therapy dog...Â
What y'all think I should do?? This has been bugging me for weeks now 3
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